A businessman has opened a unique specialty coffee roastery for the café and restaurant trade, offering seasonal espresso blends and single-origin coffee from around the world.

Andy Baker, director and head roaster at The Devon Coffee Company, has also revealed ambitious plans for the future after completing the first phase of the company’s coffee roasting facility in Faraday Mill, Plymouth.

Tasting sessions and bespoke coffee blending for Devon’s businesses are now being offered on-site. And this spring ‘phase two’ will begin with the expansion of a state-of-the-art training school and high tech ‘coffee lab’.

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“We have enjoyed every step of our journey so far and we’re grateful for the support from all of our loyal customers - this really is just the beginning of what we’ve got planned,” said the Plymouth University business graduate.

“Having built our dream roastery, our new goal is to grow and share our services with as many businesses across Plymouth and Devon as possible, supporting them with barista tuition, equipment, and most importantly, high-grade specialty coffee.”

“Opening Plymouth’s first specialty coffee roastery was an ambition which could only have been achieved with the passionate work from our staff and the continued support from the city’s cafes and restaurants. With the huge demand for high-grade specialty coffee, it made perfect sense to invest in our own equipment and roast the coffee from right here in Plymouth.”

Andy and his team moved into a unit at Faraday Mill Business Park in August 2016. Over the last year they’ve been busy transforming the empty industrial warehouse into a living, breathing space.

As well as an impressive traditional drum coffee roaster, the site also features a barista training room for hands-on one-to-one coaching and a coffee tasting area for sampling some of the finest coffees from around the world.

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Businesses within the industry are now being invited to take advantage of the facility to create their own coffee blends and advance their practical barista skills.

“It’s an exciting time for those who enjoy good quality coffee,” Andy added.

“Our industry has an amazing culture, and with a number of new cafes offering specialty grade coffee, the people in Plymouth are clearly embracing it.

“The coffee industry in the UK is booming. Devon based businesses are now joining this movement and seeking the high-grade coffees that before could only be found in the coffee capitals of the world. We believe that with our unique style of roasting and high-grade coffee we are perfectly positioned to support the growth we are seeing around us.

“Ultimately we hope to help put Plymouth on the coffee map by supplying and supporting the blossoming café culture within the city and surrounding area.”

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The Devon Coffee Company ethically sources coffee beans through specialty importers and direct relationships with farms from around the world including: Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Ethiopia, Nicaragua and Kenya. The coffee cherries are hand-picked by local farmers, who then separate the coffee seeds from the fruit, before shipping to the UK. The green seeds are then hand roasted in Plymouth and distributed to businesses on demand.

To complement the Trade-only Faraday Mill headquarters, the company has launched a new-look website offering the public everything they may need for brewing at home - from bags of speciality-grade coffee, teas and syrups, to barista tools, specialist guides, and home-brewing equipment.